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It is late winter, the clouds are thin over the central wilderness, and the stars are flowing on the sky, as if they are dotted with bright diamonds.
The endless wilderness is covered with a layer of silver sand, integrating with the sky, making it less desolate and more romantic.
However, this quiet and peaceful beauty did not last long, and was soon interrupted by three red spots of light in the sky.
"Fush fufu..."
The noise of the large propellers came from far away, and the outline of the aerostat appeared in the night sky.
Looking down from a high altitude, a seven-color flower blooms in the wilderness covered with silver sand.
Brightly lit and colorful, it is Shin-Edo, the paradise city in the central wilderness.
Tall neon signs stand among them, colorful. Under the sign, light boxes of different sizes are as dense as stars, colorful and beautiful.
This is a world of lights, like the legendary Fengdu, where hundreds of ghosts walk at night and swaying lanterns.
At this time, a week has passed since the Harvest Festival, and people are gradually returning to their normal lives, working when they should, going to school when they should, and taking risks when they should.
In a two-story building in the city, several women wearing pajamas and towels on their heads were walking quickly along the public corridor carrying tubs for bathing.
Close to the inside of the corridor are wooden doors, with faint light coming from the windows next to them.
This is a low-rise apartment specifically for rent. They are all small single rooms, rectangular, less than ten square meters including the kitchen, toilet and bathroom. Because the sound insulation effect is very poor, although the women walk very fast, their footsteps are very light.
"Asami, you have to go to work tonight, so I'll give you the dressing table first."
"Thank you Xiangzi."
The young woman in her early twenties put down the wooden basin and soap used in the large bathhouse, dried her hair with a towel, put it in the basin, walked quickly to the dressing table, sat down, and began to comb her hair and put on makeup.
Her name is Oda Asami, and she is a Ying native who works in New Edo.
She has been here for three years, and her hometown is a small mountain village in Qingguo in the west. The Ying people are a branch of the yellow race, and their birthplace is in Xiaodongzhou, which is now the Black Death Continent.
The cataclysm began in Little East Continent, where the entrance to the undercurrent of time and space was. The Ying people who lost their homes are scattered around the world, mainly engaged in manufacturing, handicrafts, agriculture and entertainment.
Ying people have a very excellent craftsmanship spirit and are meticulous in making things. The famous Sanxiang Heavy Industry is a multinational group company created by Ying people.
Three Phase Heavy Industries, Hongtu Heavy Industries, and West Africans, the manufacturer of black watches, are among the three largest group companies in the world. Both in terms of scale and technology, they are on a higher level than second-class manufacturers such as Longhe Industry in the Red Country, Chongshan Industry in the Qing Country, Ximu Industry in the Western Continent, and Great Wall Company in the Eastern Continent.
Three-Phase Heavy Industry advocates minimalism, is simple and easy to use, and has reliable performance. It is famous for its high precision and low failure rate.
Among them, the sniper rifles of the Night Owl, Eagle Fury, and Sky Fury series, and the high-end mechas of the Valkyrie and Burning Sky Bird series are particularly outstanding.
Compared with Hongtu Heavy Industry, which has the unrestrained and free blood of the Western Continent, Sanxiang Heavy Industry is more cautious and precise. Meticulous and striving for excellence, but it is also accompanied by problems such as lack of innovation and being too old-fashioned.
In addition, the Ying people have a very refined lifestyle. Even if they live in a small house of less than ten square meters, they have to separate the toilet and bathroom, and spend an hour taking a bath every day. Therefore, the entertainment industry of the Ying people is very developed and attracts a large number of tourists.
And compared with other ethnic groups, Ying women are also very open-minded. The occupation of wandering orioles will not be subject to too much discrimination. It is even very common and will not affect future marriage and children.
After spending half an hour putting on makeup, Asami Oda quickly changed into a work shirt and skirt, put on a silk scarf, put on high heels, and walked out of the room smartly.
"Xiangzi, I'm leaving." Before leaving, she greeted her roommates inside. In order to save money, she shared this small room of less than ten square meters with her friends.
"Be careful on the road." "Yeah~"
Asami Oda closed the door gently, then walked through more than ten doors with light and fast steps, went down the stairs, and walked quickly in the narrow street.
Compared with other women who rent here, she has a well-paying job - a full-time waiter at the New Edo branch of Critical Club.
The income from this job is stable, with thirty-five gold coins a month, which is higher than the salary of ordinary defense members, and this does not include the consumption of rewards from guests when they are in a good mood. The guests here are all big shots and spend a lot of money. As long as you please them, it is not impossible to get rich overnight. If the customer takes a fancy to her beauty, she can earn some extra tips.
There are also weekends. In this world, it is rare to have a job with weekends. In addition to sleeping in and keeping your skin healthy and shiny, you can also occasionally go out to relax and relax your mood.
But relatively speaking, the requirements of this job are almost harsh.
The first is the requirement for personal image. Regardless of men or women, those who are not tall enough, those who are not beautiful enough, those who are not smart enough, those who are out of shape, and those who have a bad temperament are not allowed.
Then there are the requirements for health and age. Regardless of men or women, no one is too old or too young, no one with chronic diseases, no one with body odor.
Then there are the requirements for work. If the above conditions are almost harsh, then the following ones can be said to be rude.
1. Any request from the customer must be met unconditionally. Unless there is a risk to life, we have no right to refuse.
2. If a customer is dissatisfied due to personal mistakes or improper attitude, and cannot get their understanding, he will be fired immediately and will never be hired.
3. We must regard customers as the supreme gods at all times, maintain a look of admiration, and do our best to cater to customers' preferences.
In fact, the rudeness is mainly the first point, the second and third points are not difficult. These customers are all big shots, either strong men from the sanctuary or powerful people, and the power they exude is enough to make waiters like them fearful and walk on thin ice.
A few minutes later, she walked out of the dimly lit small street and entered the bustling street with dense light boxes and bright lights. After waiting at the station for a few minutes, a tram slowly came and stopped in front of her.
With a sneer, the car door opened. She walked onto the tram, clicked on the reader with her black watch, paid out half a copper, and found an empty seat to sit down.
There were not many passengers on the bus, all of them office workers wearing professional attire. Shin-Edo is an expensive place, and most tourists will choose taxis or more comfortable tour buses.
The neon lights outside the window are constantly changing colors, and the signboards written in three languages are like walking around. The writing of the Ying people has long since withdrawn from the stage of history, mainly Eastern Continental and Western Continental, but the Ying people still stubbornly write their own earthworm-like twisted characters, even though many Ying people can no longer understand it.
"The station ahead is Wenquan Mountain Station. Passengers who need to get off, please prepare your luggage..."
More than ten minutes later, the tram slowly stopped. Asami Oda got off the car and saw the huge gate tower at the entrance of Hot Spring Mountain at first sight.
It is more than 20 meters high, but does not have any majestic and majestic appearance. The whole body is round and soft. The light box on the top is like an inflatable castle, with the words "Beautiful hot spring town in the wilderness - Dr2399" written in three languages.
This hot spring mountain can be said to be one of the greatest projects in human history.
Originally there were no geothermal resources in the central wilderness, and even underground water was very scarce. However, in order to recreate their hot spring culture, the Ying people spent more than thirty years building an underground water pipe to introduce hot spring water from the red rock volcanic mountains thousands of miles away. , and water stations were built along the way to heat and pressurize the hot spring water to transport the original hot spring water to Shin-Edo.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of fuel in the clay world. Not counting the unknown parts of the world's fragments, the known crude oil reserves are enough to be exploited for hundreds of thousands of years, so such an extravagant and wasteful move was not opposed by the Committee for Human Survival.
Then, the Ying people cut large pieces from the five major mountain ranges of the Red Earth Continent, the Nolan Snow Mountains in the northeast, the Dragon Mountains in the northwest, the Regals Mountains in the southwest, the red rock volcanoes in the middle, and the Grass Hills in the southeast. The rocks were transported to Shin-Edo and built into the hot spring mountain.
The scale of the project is unimaginable.
After a while, Asami Oda took the cable car used by the staff and came to a mountain. The stones here are gray-black with white raindrop-like textures on them.
This is the ice rain stone from the Nolan Snow Mountain in the Red Country. It is the largest, hardest and most beautiful mountain stone.
The Red Country is uniquely blessed with two major mountain ranges, the Dragon Mountains and the Nolan Snow Mountains, as well as the Ambergris River Basin, which is the most abundant, open and flat land with the richest water and grass in the world. It is known as the "darling of the gods".
Although the Qing Kingdom has the Sacred Mountains and the Fallen Star River, it has too many mountains and few flat lands, making it unsuitable for large-scale farming and grazing. While the Sha Kingdom has the vast expanse of Continent and is the largest in the world in terms of land area, it suffers from drought and little rain. There are nearly a hundred small deserts, which are also not suitable for large-scale farming and grazing.
Therefore, since ancient times, the combined population of the Qing Kingdom and the Sand Kingdom has been less than half of the Red Kingdom. Therefore, most of the wars have been fought jointly by the Qing Kingdom and the Sand Kingdom against the Red Kingdom.
As for the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent, although the land is flat and fertile, there are many countries and they are all medium-sized countries. There are no superpowers like the three kingdoms of the Red Earth Continent.
Asami Oda walked along the stone stairs in the mountain for a while and came to a stone door carved into the mountain. After showing his work badge to the two big men in black at the door, he walked in.
The entrance to Critical Club is very low-key, and at first glance it looks like a cave of a primitive tribe.
But after walking in, it suddenly became clear. The hall is paved with warm yellow terrazzo, as smooth as a mirror, reflecting Asa Oda's beautiful figure.
"Asami-senpai, you are always on time. You will be here in five minutes until your shift is due."
The young and beautiful waitress at the front desk greeted Asami, and then stretched her body, "I have been tense all day long. I am exhausted. I have to go back to bed soon."
"Yumi, you have to learn to relax. The more nervous you are when facing customers, the easier it is to make mistakes." The young and handsome waiter next to him said seriously.
"It doesn't hurt your back to stand and talk. Male customers are much more difficult to deal with than female customers." The waitress said listlessly.
"Yumi, don't use the word 'deal' with your guests. Such thoughts are very dangerous. You may accidentally let it slip." Oda Asami said with a serious expression and an admonishing tone. Then she approached the other party and lowered her voice. There was a new waiter last month who accidentally poured juice on a customer, do you know what happened to her?"
"Fired on the spot?" the waitress named "Yumi" asked.
"Oh my God, Yumi Kami, how naive are you to actually believe the terms of the contract they said." Asami Oda said while touching her forehead, and the waiter next to her also showed a mocking smile.
"She, what's wrong with her?" Shang Jiayumi showed a scared expression.
"The manager asked her to have a caesarean section to apologize," Asami Oda said. His expression was calm, as if he had become accustomed to it.
"Ah!" Kamikayomi covered her mouth, "She, why didn't she refuse, or, or call the police?"
"Haha, do you think the law is useful here?" Oda Asami's expression became colder and colder, "Thirty-five gold coins a month, plus tips of over a hundred, you work outside for a year and work here for a month, do you think this money is casual? Can it be earned?"
"Then, how is she?" Shang Jiayumi's eyes widened, her voice trembling.
"I'm not dead, but I'll have to stay in the hospital for two months." Asami Oda said casually.
Shang Jia Yumi was so frightened that her face turned pale and she was speechless for a long time. She was a newcomer, having only joined the company after the Harvest Festival, and she didn't have enough knowledge of the cruel unspoken rules.
"There is a saying in our hometown, wealth can be found in danger." The handsome waiter smiled and patted Kayumi on the shoulder, "Last time, a customer was so happy that he rewarded Nako Kamikawa in the spa department with two thousand gold coins. She immediately sent money back home to buy a house.”
"Oh my god, what did Kamikawa-senpai do?" Kamikayomi asked, curiosity instantly overriding fear.
"Kamikawa just said when the opponent won, it's great, it's amazing!" The handsome waiter clenched his fists and looked like he was cheering. The delicate look she put on made people feel goosebumps all over her body.
"That's it?" Kamikayomi asked in surprise. According to the general situation, wouldn't the guests be attracted by Kamikawa's beauty?
"Yes, that's it." The handsome waiter tilted his neck and said, "You don't even think about it, who are these people? Two thousand gold coins are the same to us as two copper coins."
"Okay, let's not talk anymore. The time is almost up. Hurry up and hand over the shift, otherwise you will be in trouble if there are guests." Oda Asami glanced at the clock. There are still two minutes until the shift handover time. There is no need to delay it any longer.
"Yes~"
The two were changing shifts when a young man walked in outside, about twenty-four or five years old, wearing a black combat uniform. Asami Oda immediately put down what she was doing and walked out of the front desk to greet the guests.
"Dear Sir, hello, how may I serve you?" Asami Oda bowed ninety degrees as she spoke.
"Is this the critical club?" the young man asked, looking around.
"Yes, dear sir, this is the New Edo branch of Critical Club." Asami Oda said respectfully.
"It seems that I found the right one." The young man said to himself, "The door looks like a cave. I thought I went to the wrong place."
After thinking for a while, Asami Oda asked, "Dear sir, is this your first time here?"
"Yes." The young man nodded, "I want to join your club."
"Well, dear sir, our club needs to meet some conditions before you can join. Do you mind if I scan your identity?"
After explaining the situation in detail and consulting the other party, Asami Oda picked up a special identity scanner from the front desk and scanned the other party.
[Name: Chen Erliu]
[Title: Baron] [Title: Guardian of the Wilderness, Messenger of the Spiritual Sea]
[Strength: 65]
[Agility: 83]
[Physique: 38]
[Spiritual power: 75]
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"Ah, sir, you..."
Seeing the other party's information, Oda Asami felt a little embarrassed and nervous. Because judging from the information, the other party is neither a powerful person nor a powerful person in the sanctuary, and does not meet the conditions for membership. However, her half-year experience in critical work tells her not to underestimate anyone who comes here, so she does not know how to answer To be polite.
Seeing Oda Asami's expression, Kamikayomi came over curiously. When she saw the information on the screen clearly, she immediately became a little disdainful and raised her chin towards the young man, "You don't meet the membership requirements, please come back."
She looked arrogant, her attitude was very rude, and she was even a little arrogant.
The person involved narrowed his eyes and revealed his cold look, "Strength is not determined by the numbers on the black watch."
